Michael Connors, CSC

Associate Professor of the Practice, Emeritus

Headshot of a priest wearing a black clerical shirt and rimless glasses, smiling warmly against a dark background.
Office
234 Malloy Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556-4619
Phone
+1 574-631-3006
Email
mconnors@nd.edu

Biography

A Holy Cross priest, Fr. Connors hails from the Chicago area. As a pastoral/practical theologian and homiletician, his interests range over the variety of practices that make up the Christian Church.

Research Interests

Homiletics, Pastoral/Practical Theology, Inculturation

Selected Publications

Monograph: Preaching for Discipleship: Preparing Homilies for Christian Initiation. Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 2017.

Monograph: Inculturated Pastoral Planning: the U.S. Hispanic Experience. Rome: Pontifical Gregorian University, 2001.

Edited volume: We Preach Christ Crucified. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2014.

Edited volume: To All the World: Preaching and the New Evangelization. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2016.

Edited volume: What We Have Heard and Seen: Fostering Baptismal Witness in the World. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock/Pickwick Publications, 2017.

Edited volume: Effective Preaching: Bringing People into an Encounter with God. Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 2019.

Edited volume: Preaching as Spiritual Leadership: Guiding the Faithful as Mystic and Mystagogue.  Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 2021.

Education

  • Th.D. Regis College, Toronto School of Theology, University of Toronto